“The Mistakes That Make Us” — My Manuscript is Done! Some Backstory and What Comes Next
Blog post for the episode I'm happy to announce that I've finished the manuscript for my upcoming book (a real one, not an April Fool's Joke). The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learn...
5 Huhti 202314min
Measures of Success (Paperback Version) Turns Four Years Old
Blog post including a link to buy the book Tomorrow is the 4th anniversary of the paperback release of my book Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More. Long story short, I'm running...
31 Maalis 20235min
Learning from Small Mistakes to Avoid Big Mistakes, Operating Rooms and Patient Harm
Blog post This article caught my eye today, and it's a change of pace to think about and write about mistakes other than my own (and I made more today — but healthcare mistakes are more important). ...
23 Helmi 20239min
GE's Larry Culp on Making it Safe for Bad News to Flow to the CEO (or Other Leaders)
Read the post for this episode Following up on my blog post about GE CEO Larry Culp's AME keynote speech, I wanted to share some of the discussion from his "fireside chat, absent the fire" (as Larry c...
1 Joulu 20228min
Highlights from GE CEO Larry Culp's Remarks at the AME Conference in Dallas
Blog post It was a real treat to hear Larry Culp, the CEO of General Electric and CEO of GE Aerospace, speak at the AME 2022 annual conference in Dallas. He recently reached the four-year mark of his ...
28 Marras 202214min
Toyota Was Helped, not Hampered, by TPS During the Pandemic
Blog post A culture of learning makes the difference, not "low inventory" Last year, I wrote a post that criticized those, including the Wall St Journal, who claimed that Toyota was "abandoning" the ...
22 Marras 20227min
Does Learning From Mistakes Mean It's OK to Try Any "Dumb Thing" - For Elon Musk or Any of Us?
Blog post - https://leanblog.org/audio321 Elon Musk tweeted this yesterday: "Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months. We will keep what works & change what doesn't."
10 Marras 20224min
Psychological Safety as a Pre-Condition for Lean
Blog post: http://www.leanblog.org/audio320 Contact me to talk about psychological safety - measure, learn, improve “Simply put, we cannot get to zero harm without psychological safety.” I wrote that ...
10 Marras 20223min
